Category: Slavery and Its Legacies

Erik Mathisen on American Diplomacy during the era of Reconstruction

Erik Mathisen on American Diplomacy during the era of Reconstruction

Erik Mathisen joins Thomas Thurston on this episode of Slavery and Its Legacies to discuss American foreign relations during the Reconstruction era and how a generation of former Union soldiers saw slavery, free labor, capitalism, and emancipation around the world through the prism of their wartime experiences.

Jonathan Schroeder on Mapping North American Slave Narratives

Jonathan Schroeder on Mapping North American Slave Narratives

Jonathan Schroeder, a recent Postdoctoral Associate at Yale’s Digital Humanities Lab, discusses his post-doctoral research project “Passages to Freedom: Mapping the North American Slave Narratives. “Passages to Freedom” examines the language and mobility of 294 African-American slave narratives.

Joshua Lynn on Party Realignment as Racial Realignment in the Civil War Era

Joshua Lynn on Party Realignment as Racial Realignment in the Civil War Era

In this episode of Slavery and Its Legacies, Joshua Lynn joins Thomas Thurston to discuss the antebellum Democratic Party’s effort to transform itself into a party dedicated to “preserving the white man’s republic.”

Slavery and Its Legacies – Samantha Seeley on Race, Removal, and the Right to Remain in the Early American Republic

Slavery and Its Legacies – Samantha Seeley on Race, Removal, and the Right to Remain in the Early American Republic

Samantha Seeley joins Thomas Thurston on this episode of Slavery and Its Legacies to discuss her book-in-progress, “Race, Removal, and the Right to Remain in the Early American Republic.”

Slavery and Its Legacies: Manuel Barcia on piracy, the slave trade, and the trial of the Panda

Slavery and Its Legacies: Manuel Barcia on piracy, the slave trade, and the trial of the Panda

Professor Manuel Barcia joins Thomas Thurston on this episode of Slavery and Its Legacies to discuss an episode covered in his current book project: The Pirates, the Judge, and the Amistad Trial: Or How the Panda Slavers May Have Determined the Fate of the Amistad Africans.

Slavery and Its Legacies – Tammy Ingram on the Wickedest City in America

Slavery and Its Legacies – Tammy Ingram on the Wickedest City in America

Dr. Tammy Ingram joins Thomas Thurston on this episode of Slavey and Its Legacies as they discuss Dr. Ingram’s upcoming book project titled The Wickedest City in America: Sex, Race, and Organized Crime in the Jim Crow South.